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City Hall Fellows Representative Speaks to Honors College Students

Representatives from City Hall Fellows gave a presentation regarding the program and the opportunities in Baton Rouge.

Honors College students recently gathered for a presentation from City Hall Fellows, a program
that places recent graduates in year-long paid internships in local government. Bethany Reuben Henderson, founder and
executive director of City Hall Fellows, presented the program to Honors
College students in an effort to launch the program in Baton Rouge, following
successful implementation in Houston and San Francisco.

“We need those students,” Bethany said, “who
have strong ties to the community, a real commitment to serving the community
because this is a year of public service, those students with strong oral and
communication skills, and people who are flexible and creative and humble
enough to understand that when they go into public service, it is an eye
opening experience and a way they can really make a difference.”

In the program, students work as Fellows for
one year – their year of service – as a full time, paid special project
assistant for a senior local government official. Fellows are placed within government
in their hometown.

Dean Clark, also attending the presentation commented, “We want our best students to help the
state meet the peoples’ needs. We
are excited about the City Hall Fellows program, we’ve already had several
graduates involved and it’s been a great help for the state and we look forward
to the program providing that same young leadership that then we can feed into
Louisiana.”

If you are interested in further details,
visit the City Hall Fellows website at www.cityhallfellows.org.